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Rascality
- noun - reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
- the quality of being a slippery rascal
- the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
Raskolnik
- - The name applied by the Russian government to any subject of the Greek faith who dissents from the established church. The Raskolniki embrace many sects, whose common characteristic is a clinging to antique traditions, habits, and customs. The schism originated in 1667 in an ecclesiastical dispute as to the correctness of the translation of the religious books. The dissenters, who have been continually persecuted, are believed to number about 20,000,000, although the Holy Synod officially puts the number at about 2,000,000. They are officially divided into three groups according to the degree of their variance from orthodox beliefs and observances, as follows: I. Judaizers; the Molokane, who refuse to recognize civil authority or to take oaths; the Dukhobortsy, or Dukhobors, who are communistic, marry without ceremony, and believe that Christ was human, but that his soul reappears at intervals in living men; the Khlysty, who countenance anthropolatory, are ascetics, practice continual
Rataplans
- noun - the sound made by beating a drum
Rauvolfia
- noun - any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives
Rauwolfia
- noun - any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
- any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives
Ravelling
- verb - a bit of fiber that has become separated from woven fabric
- disentangle; "can you unravel the mystery?"
- tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"
Reachless
- - Being beyond reach; lofty.
Real Life
- noun - the practical world as opposed to the academic world; "a good consultant must have a lot of experience in the real world"
Reapplied
- unknown - To apply for a job etc for the second time